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Wai Yin Society

We have a range of employment, education and community services for Chinese men and women and other ethnic minority groups, including Somali, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Indian and many European nationalities. The Society aims to challenge all forms of discrimination and social exclusion through the provision of diverse and reactive services, delivered by a team of qualified social workers, nurses and other professionals. Apart from providing health and social care to the Chinese community, we have children’s projects, youth projects, women and parenting projects, adult learning, mental health projects and elderly projects. Day care services for older people are also available as well as a luncheon club and meals-on-wheels. We also provide ESOL support, welfare advice, legal advice and cultural awareness talks. Breaks and activities for all carers including young carers, elderly and those with mental health issues living in Manchester. Activities include Mandarin classes, pamper sessions, carers corner, outdoor activities, singing class, home visits, hospital visits and interpreting service. We also hold ESOL classes at The Welcome Centre (18-32 Brentfield Ave, Cheetham Hill M8 0TW) for pre-entry to entry 2 level. Classes run:

Mondays 10am -12pm & 12.30pm – 2.30pm
Tuesdays 10am -12pm & 12.30pm – 2.30pm

Multicultural Cumbria

We offer guidance, support, signposting and friendship to all asylum seekers, refugees and diaspora.

Wai Yin Society

We have a range of employment, education and community services for Chinese men and women and other ethnic minority groups, including Somali, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Indian and many European nationalities. The Society aims to challenge all forms of discrimination and social exclusion through the provision of diverse and reactive services, delivered by a team of qualified social workers, nurses and other professionals. Apart from providing health and social care to the Chinese community, we have children’s projects, youth projects, women and parenting projects, adult Learning, mental health projects and elderly projects. Daycare services for older people are also available. Luncheon club, meals-on-wheels. Language support, welfare advice, legal advice and cultural awareness talks. Breaks and activities for all carers including young carers, elderly and those with mental health issues living in Manchester. Activities include luncheon club, Mandarin classes, pamper sessions, carers corner, outdoor activities, singing class, home visits, hospital visits and interpreting service.

Liverpool Lighthouse

We offer guidance, support, signposting and friendship to all asylum seekers, refugees and diaspora. Liverpool Lighthouse is an arts and community centre. They run a community programme that offers arts activities to improve wellbeing and mental health, alongside practical support with a fresh food pantry, advice and support when needed and a warm place to have a cuppa and a chat. They can also offer English language classes.

Greater Manchester Women’s Support Alliance

The Greater Manchester Women’s Support Alliance (GMWSA) acts as a strategic support system for services that help women overcome any challenges they might be facing with domestic abuse, homelessness, mental health and substance misuse.

Heart4Refugees CIC

We offer a range of well being and emotional support including the following groups: gardening, cycling, sewing, cooking, monthly indoor climbing, a dignity shop and a donations and distribution team for household items.

Asylum Link Merseyside

We offer:

Advocacy and advice across a broad area and Immigration advice (OISC1) and support, including student placements.
Alleviation of destitution through the provision of food, clothing and housing. A Complex Needs Social Worker assists asylum seekers with needs additional to destitution.
Working with the Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit, we provide Family Reunion Visa Applications and Further Submissions assistance.
ESOL classes with two walk-in classes, one for conversation and one for women only at our site. We also hold 80 places for English classes across the week with enrolment each September.
Access to 2nd hand clothing, shoes, kitchen-ware and other donated items, daily except Wednesday.
Encouragement to asylum seekers and refugees to become volunteers and to engage with their new community.
Social events to encourage integration and friendship – Refugee Week, Christmas, trips and visits to other venues, cycle programmes and hill walks and several football initiatives.
Well-being projects: bicycle repair, gardening and allotments, cooking demonstrations with other local groups. A Women’s group and a Choir run on Thursdays. Action Asylum projects actively place Asylum Seekers in volunteering roles with non-asylum organisations including beach/park cleans, tree planting, creative writing projects, indoor climbing and arts projects. We now work in 5 other cities with this programme.
Input from other agencies including the NHS Community Inclusion Team giving access to GPs and dentists. Access to other healthcare: Covid Vaccination, Sight Tests, Blood Pressure and AF Testing can be sourced through the centre. The Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit, Merseyside Refugee Support Network deliver advice from our building.
Information and Research opportunities include working with Liverpool University on a Mental Health feasibility study and surveys for the NHS.
The Asylum Information Roadshow, School Presentations and Social Work Training. These are wide ranging presentations to schools, voluntary sector groups, universities, local authorities, seminars and conferences.

Furness Multi Cultural Community Forum

The Charity promotes multiculturalism the Furness area. It does this through promoting multicultural events and providing access to services for BME people. It aims to re-establish a multicultural drop-in centre for people from all cultures to meet and celebrate each others’ cultures in comfort and safety. It runs a multicultural youth group for children and young people in the area.